Don't put W2K3 SP1 on the box when you do! JK Toby <> wrote: Thanks very much for your help. Yep, tried that one as well. I am afraid I have bitten the bullet on this one. I am starting over.... I will let you know if I receive the error again though, Thanks again guys On 6/13/05, Piet Bonte wrote: > Toby, > I found this in the citrix knowkledge base: > http://support.citrix.com/kb/entry.jspa?externalID=CTX101667 > > This was not windows 2003 but can be useful > > Piet > > > Toby wrote: > Hi Piet, Yes I have checked that and can confirm that they both > exist. Thanks On 6/13/05, Piet Bonte wrote: > Hi Toby, That's what I found. Good luck If you get an "IMA Service Failed" > message when restarting a server with error code 2147483649, verify that > both the TMP and TEMP environment variables point to %SystemRoot% temp.The > local system account on the Metaframe XP server requires a temp directory in > order to start the IMA service. Piet Toby wrote: Hi List, > I can find no information on the particular issue I am > experiencing; > Citrix Datastore - W2k3, Citrix PS4.0, MSDE Following a > number of cosmetic configuration changes to the > Presentation Server Console, > and following a reboot, the IMA service > failed to start, with the following > error being displayed; > Event ID. 7024 The Independent Management > Architecture service terminated with > service-specific error 2147483649 > (0x80000001). > Getting woried now, thinking about starting it all > again. > Any advice would be > great. > Toby